Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Construction field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Construction majors need many skills, but most especially Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Construction majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and Control, Installation, Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Coordination, Management of Material Resources, Operations Analysis, Time Management, Negotiation, Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Instructing, Service Orientation, Systems Evaluation, Mathematics, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Financial Resources, Speaking, Monitoring, Systems Analysis, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Technology Design, Writing, Science, and Programming.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Construction majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Coordination, Speaking, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Quality Control Analysis, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Writing, Persuasion, Systems Evaluation, Service Orientation, Negotiation, Operation Monitoring, Systems Analysis, Operation and Control, Mathematics, Equipment Selection, Operations Analysis, Troubleshooting, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, Science, Installation, and Programming are the three most important skills for people in the field.